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ATTOBN EYS Patented July 14, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENTIOFFICE GOLF CLUBox Wilbur G. Anderson, Jr., Grand Rapids, Mich}, is-

signer to American Box Board Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., a corporationof Michigan Application August 11, 1947, Serial No. 767,985

2 Claims. (01. 211-60) This invention relates to a box, receptacle orstand for holding and containing golf clubs.

It is a primary object and purpose of the present invention to provideand produce a golf club box, made wholly of paper stock, which is lightin weight, is of ample strength and durable, and can be producedeconomically. Many novel features of construction and arrangement,co-relation and practical assembly of parts are present in the structurefor attaining the ends and purposes stated in a particularly practicaland effective manner. 1

An understanding of the invention may be had from the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich, i

Fig. l is a perspective view of the club box of my invention, the viewbeing taken from the front,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section from front to rear therethrough,the intermediate portions of the box being broken away,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation with intermediate portions broken away, andwith the lower end of the box in vertical transverse section,

Figs. 4, 5, 6, '7, 8 and 9 are fragmentary, somewhat enlarged transversesections on the planes of lines 4--4, 5-5, 6-6, I-I, 8-8, and 9-!!,respectively, of Fig. 3, looking in the directions indicated by thearrows,

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary perspective view, with parts in section,illustrating the intermediate box structure for holding and spacing thegolf clubs at their shank portions,

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary perspective view of the upper end of the boxbefore it is folded and interlocked in its completed form,

Fig. 12 is a similar fragmentary perspective iew of the lower end of thebody of the box before it is folded into completed form and before thebox is made from a relatively light gauge of paperboard, to provide anelongated rectangular bottom I (Fig. 10), which at each side edge isturned outwardly at an angle slightly greater 2 than a right angle for adistance, as indicated at 2, thence at an angle slightly greater than aright angle to provide an outer section 3, and therefrom at an anglesomewhat greater than a right angle to make an outside section AI,terminating in a bottom section 5 which extends to V and underneath thebottom I at each side thereof and is glued, cemented or otherwisepermanently secured in place. Such structure provides generally verticalside rails which are hollow and which are strengthened and reinforcedagainst change of position by elongated strips '5 of paperboard, slippedlengthwise of and within each of the side rail structures and positionedbetween diagonally opposite corners. These strips 6 are substantially aslong as the sides.

At the front side of the bottom I, a liner 1 for the bottom, .ofelongated rectangular form. is provided at its longitudinal edges withspaced tabs 8 which pass through slots cut to receive them in the innersides 2 of the box side rails. The liner I between its ends, but moretoward its upper than its lower end, is outwardly folded intosubstantially U-shape with two spaced apart sides 9 (Fig. 10), each ateach end having a narrow tab l0, and integrally connected at their outeredges by a bridging section II. In the outer bridging section II aplurality of spaced concave recesses I2 are cut, providing seats for theshanks of golf clubs placed within the box. The tabs I0 extend throughslots I3 (Fig. 10)

' in the inner walls 2.

Within the outwardly extending rib thus provided a reinforcing member islocated, made from a single piece of heavier paperboard, scored andfolded longitudinally to provide two sides lI I (Figs. 2 and 10) eachwith a projecting tab I5 at each end. The free longitudinal edges of thesides It are against the bridging section I I and in'such edges concaverecesses it are made in conjunction with therecesses at I2. Theprojecting tabs I5 also extend through the slots IS. The cover member I,through the tabs 8 and I 0 and in conjunction with the tabs I5 issecurely held in place.

At the u per end of each side rail of the box (Fig. 11), each outer side4 is continued in a tab I1, the free end portion of which has a sectionI8 turned at right angles therefrom with a notch I9 betweeneach sectionI8 and the body of the tab II. Each inner side 2 has a somewhat similartab 20 extending therefrom, with a section 2| turned substantially atright angles therefrom as shown, and with a notch 22 between saidsection 2| and the adjacent end of its connected inner side .2 of thebox side rail. The bottom I at its upper edge is continued in a section23 for a distance, with which another rectangular section 24 isintegrally connected. 'The section 24 at each end has an outwardlyextending tab 25. At the outer edge of the section 24 is a narrower sec-The two tabs I! and are turned inwardly.

and overlap each other with the right angular sections l8 and 2| thereoflikewise overlapping. The upper ends of the hollow side rails are thusclosed. The section 23 is then turned at right angles to the back andagainst the outer tabs H. The section 24 is thereafter turned at rightangles to the upper section 23, with the tabs 25 bent at right anglesinwardly, providing the front of atop rail for the box as shown in Figs.1 and 2. The terminalysection 28 is turned at right angles to thesection 25 and is forced underneath the inner edges of the tabs 25,lying against the bottom liner 1 and with the section 26 providing theunderside of the top rail. The two projections 2'. enter slots-29 (Fig.2) cut in the inner sides 2 of the side rails of the box, thereuponcompleting the top rail and holding it in its folded position againstdisconnection.

At the lower ends of each of the side rails of the box structure, theinner and outer sides 2 and 4 of such rails have tabs 30 and 3|, respectively, extending therefrom which are turned inwardly to overlap eachother closing the lower open ends of the hollow side rails. From thelower edge of the bottom I, a section 32 extends outwardly with which isjoined a terminal section 33, having spaced projecting tabs 34 at itsfree longitudinal edge. The section 33 is foldable upon the section 32with the tabs 34 passing through slits at 35 provided for them at theinner edge portion of the section 32. Additionally there are slots 36shown as, two in number, in alinement with the slits at 35. When thusconnected together and with the section 32 turned at right angles to thebottom I, the folded tabs 30 and 3| are covered at their inner endportions, and a lower end wall of double thickness of the two sections32 and 33 made across the lower end of the golf box structure.

At the lower end portion of the box a club head I supporting structureis provided (Fig. 14) which is made from a single, generally rectangularpiece of relatively stiff paperboard folded transversely substantiallyinto a supporting base of a-generally trapezoidal shape in transversecross section. At one end is a section 31, from the free edge of whichtwo tongues 38 extend. It is narrowed toward the other end and joinsintegrally'with a relatively narrow section 39, from which two tongues43 extend, which are connected with the edge of the section 31 at thefold or scoring line between the sections 31 and 39. From the other edgeof the narrow section 39 a section 4|, gener ally of the same shape asthe lower section 31, extends over said section 31 and upwardly andoutwardly away from a plane parallel thereto.

. 4 45 extends forwardly parallel to the lower sec tions' 43 and 31,terminating in an upwardly turned flange 4B, the free edge of whichextends to the bend between the sections 4| and 42. The tongues 38 passthrough slots 41 provided at the bend between sections 42 and 43. In theupper side 4|, a series of spaced openings are cut, indicated at 48;Between the parallel horizontal sections 43 'and'45, a filler 49 made ofseveral folds and strata of corrugated paperboard is inserted to providea solid support underneath the interior section 45.

This structure is attached at the lower end portionof the box bylocating the narrower rear edge portions of the parts 3?, 43, 45 and 4|between the side rails, the tongues 49 passing through the slots 35'and,later, when a cover is applied, said tongues are turned upwardly (Fig.2) between the bottom I and the adjacent portions of the cover. 1

. The cover is of' material of substantially the same thickness as thebody, which includes the bottom I and the side and top rails, and,preferably, will be of the same color. At the front is a section 5|!(Fig. 13) which is disposed vertically and against the front section 42of the previously described structure against which the heads of golfclubs rest (Fig. 2). From the front 53 (also Fig. 13) two end sections5| and 52 extend rearwardly, being located vertically at the oppositeends of the club headsupporting structuredescribed, and which is shownin Fig. 14, covering them and lying against the outside of the lowerportions of the outer sides 4 of the box side rails. Said end section 5|has a back 53 integral with and extending at right angles therefrom,paralle1 to the front end 53. The other end section 52 has an, inwardlyturned short flange 5 which is overlapped by the free end of the back53, the two being cemented or otherwise permanently secured together. Atits upper edge portion and at each enda tongue 55, the two tongues beingspaced from each other, are pro vided, as shown.

From the bottom edges of the end sections 5| and 52, flaps 56 are bentinwardly at right angles to each other. From the lower edge of the frontangles, lying underneath the flaps 56, and terminates at its rearportion in a narrow section 53,

which is turned upwardly at right angles and inserted at the front ofthe back 53. Slots-53, made at each edge of the two sections 51 and 58where they are joined together, interlock with the inwardly turned flaps56.

At the'upper edge of the front section 50, a top section 63 extendstherefrom and is adapted to be turned back over the upper side of thesection 4|. From its free rear edge an elongated, relatively narrow-flap6| extends, adapted to be turned downwardly immediately in front of theback section 53. At each end of the outer portion of the top 60, a flap62 extends which, when the top is folded back to its final position,come within the ends 5| and 52. In the top section 30 three relativelylarge portions 53 of substantially the same shape as the openings 48 inthe part 4| are out from the top, being left integral therewith at theirinner sides so that they may be bent downwardly (Fig. 2) and passthrough the openings 48, the heads of the golf clubs being received inand passing through the openings left by said parts 33 and through theopenings 48, said parts 63 bending down to the horizontal section 45;

The lower end of the box is inserted into the serted from the backthrough slots 64 in the bot-.

tom I, asshown in Fig. 7, thus locking the cover in place. Of course,the top section 60 of the cover at each end at its inner portion isnotched or recessed to conform to the side rails of the box.

With the structure as described, a relatively strong, light weight, verypractical and economical shipping and display box for golf clubs isprovided, and one which may also be used for holding the clubs fordisplay. The headsof the clubs rest upon theparts 63 and their weight isagainst the section 45, which is backed underneath by the filler 49. Theshanks of the clubs rest in the recesses at I2, while the upper ends ofthe handles come underneath the top rail of the box structure.

The structure described is made wholly from paper stock. The finishedand completed box is of an attractive appearance.

The invention is defined in the appended claims and is to be consideredcomprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a structure of the class described, having an upper elongatedrectangular structure comprising a back and hollow reinforcing siderails, one at each side edge thereof, a foot member at the lower endthereof secured thereto and extending forwardly beyond the front side ofsaid elongated member, said foot member comprising, a hollow boxstructure having a horizontal bottom, vertical spaced inner and outersides, the outer side being of greater height than the inner side and anupwardly and outwardly inclined top, and a reinforcing structure ofrelatively stifi paper-board material located within said foot membercomprising a horizontal bottom, vertical inner and outer sides, ahorizontal top integrally connected with the upper edge of the last saidinner side and extending to the front side of said foot member, andthence terminating in an upwardly extending flange reaching to the topof said reinforcing member, said inclined top having tongues strucktherefrom, integrally connected at their rear ends to the top andextending downwardly' and forwardly to bear against the top of saidreinforcing member.

2. In a structure of the class described, a vertical member comprising,a generally vertical rectangular back and hollow integral side ribs ofgenerally rectangular cross section, said back and ribs being integraland of a relatively stiff paperboard material, a foot member secured atthe lower end of said vertical member and extending forwardly therefrom,said foot member being of relatively stiff paperboard material andhollow, having a horizontal bottom, vertical outer and inner ends and anupwardly and forwardly inclined top, and reinforcing material lengthwiseof said material therewithin having a bottom, outer and inner verticalends, an integral top connected with the inner end of said reinforcingmember and extending outwardly in a horizontal plane,

terminating in an upwardly extending flange, the

upper edge of which reaches the corner between the upper edge of saidfront side of said foot member and the front edge of said top thereof.

WILBUR G. ANDERSON, JR.

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